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With the protests, riots and violence in HK and the US, it’s a challenge for me to let go and stay peaceful. My children have different opinions and one doesn’t communicate with the rest of the family. She’s a heart of a Stone: The US way of upbringing, my limitations have driven us apart. Having a harmonious relationship and communication become impossible. How can I let go and find INNER PEACE?
My husband has serious illnesses called dermatillomania and trichotillomania. His skin problem has ruined 90 percent of his skin and his emotional wellbeing. I am determined to keep my family intact with a marriage not functional in terms of physical intimacy. As a Catholic, what are the tips for me to shoulder my cross my marriage easier? That is to maintain chastity, I am middle age, in my situation?
Are Moses, Noah, and Abraham saints? We seldom hear them name to be called as a Saint, but God spoke to these people directly back in the Old Testament.
I would like to invite my Protestant friend to explore our Catholic faith, but one of his hangups is that Catholic do not believe in Sola scriptura. Can you please explain Catholic stands on Sola scriptura? Is this explained in the Bible?
My girl feels guilty in getting married in a Catholic Church as they may plan not to have children. This would forbidden them to a Catholic matrimony. Is it true?
Is Christianity/Catholic Religion a made up religion by people who want to change society?
When a person has severe mental health issues and cannot control hurting and harming himself , like addiction or attempt suicide …, is he committing a sin? What does Catholicism say about mental health?
In the Bible, it says “ Everything happens by the will of God. We don’t need luck because as Christians, we have the maker and upholder of all things in the universe watching over us and living inside of us!” (Jeremiah 29:11) I am Chinese and luck and fortune is a big thing in my culture. I’m just conflicted on what to believe.
In Exodus 20:5, God says “for I the LORD your God am a jealous God”. But in 1 Corinthians 13:4, St. Paul says “love is not jealous”. If God is love, how would God a “jealous” God?
What is the place called that Jesus go after he died? Is it purgatory?
We Catholics believe that if we die in the state of grace, then we can go to heaven. Sometimes, I feel very much like and long to go to heaven…..when I hear someone passed away, should I be happy for him/her that he/she can enjoy life in heaven? But I feel contradicting myself which we should feel sad when the person died? Also, If the soul is already in heaven, what happens to the final judgement? Is this the 2nd judgement of the soul?
Why will God “duplicate” the judgment process at time of our death and the end of the universe?
God has given us all freedom to make decisions, to live our lives. Yet, we always said “God has a plan for each of us”. What if, for example, if God has a plan for me to be a mother and yet, I choose not to have any children. So how does God’s plan work on me? Is there a contradiction here? If not, how are they related to each other then?
What do we do when people are constantly angering us by their words and actions and causing us to lose our peace, even when we try to be loving?
Is Catholicism strict against any form of premarital sex?
My nephew is lonely and being verbally abused by his peers in school. He is in grade 4. Which prayers would you suggest me to pray to God (or to any Saints) for help?
In the Summa Theologiae, Tertia Pars, Question 83, Article 5, Objection 3; Aquinas ascribes the sign of the cross to events of the Passion when the priest says certain lines in the Roman Canon. These actions are now omitted, even though the text is unchanged. What changed and can the actions return?
Hello Father. Could you please explain the infallibility of the Pope. Thank you.
Why can’t a consecrated host be kept in our home so that Jesus’ real presence my be adored and worshipped at any time, provided that it be stored in a safe and revered way?
